The American Woman's Home

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book domestic advice book

The American Woman's Home is a 19th-century domestic advice book by Harriet Beecher Stowe (co-written with her sister Catharine Beecher) that promotes Christian, moral, and efficient household management for middle-class American women.

Aliases (1)

The American Woman’s Home ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book → domestic advice book →
addressesTopic	architecture and arrangement of the home → charity and social responsibility from the home → child-rearing practices → home education → nutrition and cooking → servant management → ventilation and heating →
advocatesRoleOf	woman as household manager → woman as moral guardian of the home →
associatedMovement	cult of domesticity → women's education reform →
author	Catharine Beecher → Harriet Beecher Stowe →
coAuthorRelationship	Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catharine Beecher are sisters →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
culturalSignificance	example of 19th-century American domestic ideology → important text in the history of American women’s education → key work in the tradition of domestic manuals →
genre	conduct literature → non-fiction →
hasPerspective	prescriptive and didactic tone toward women’s domestic duties →
hasTheme	education of women in domestic science → efficiency in domestic labor → moral household management → religious duty in the home →
historicalContext	Victorian era United States →
influencedBy	19th-century domestic science movement → Protestant Christian ideology →
intendedAudience	housewives → middle-class American women →
language	English →
mainSubject	Christian morality → domestic economy → household management → middle-class family life → women's domestic roles →
portrays	home as center of moral and religious life →
promotes	Christian values in the home → economy and thrift in household management → health and hygiene in domestic life → scientific principles of housekeeping →
publicationCentury	19th century →
relatedWork	A Treatise on Domestic Economy →
targetClass	white middle-class families in the United States →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Catharine Beecher → Harriet Beecher Stowe →	notableWork
Catharine Beecher →	coAuthoredWork
A Treatise on Domestic Economy ("The American Woman’s Home") →	relatedWork